Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.